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News Analysis: The AOL/Time Warner merger - Merger made for the internet age/Delivery and content will be united - if all goes to plan, Alasdair Reid says

The visionaries were right: the future is about convergence. And
for many observers, the exciting thing about the AOL Time Warner merger
is its sheer size. This dollars 141 billion deal will generate an
awesome momentum, with knock-on effects across the media market. All
prophesies now become self-fulfilling - Gerald Levin, the chairman of
Time Warner, and Steve Case, his AOL counterpart, can make it all happen
at a pace of their own choosing.

The visionaries were right: the future is about convergence. And

for many observers, the exciting thing about the AOL Time Warner merger

is its sheer size. This dollars 141 billion deal will generate an

awesome momentum, with knock-on effects across the media market. All

prophesies now become self-fulfilling - Gerald Levin, the chairman of

Time Warner, and Steve Case, his AOL counterpart, can make it all happen